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These Shippers Don't Play by Fandom Rules

Anyone can pair Sherlock and John, but the bold crackshippers need to know they're not alone.

Set to the catchy tune of Icona Pop's "I Love It," Not Literally's "I Ship It" is about fan girls who are unashamed by their unconventional fictional pairings. (A.K.A. "shipping," if you're not hip to fandom speak.)

2. Fangirl Lite

3. Self-Aware Fangirl Leveling Up

Yes, you've watched the trailer ten times just to make sure you caught all the subtext. And maybe occasionally paused on close-ups of the leads' faces -- just to see what their facial expressions said about the plot. But you're not going to tell anyone about it.

4. Collector Fangirl

5. Fangirl Denial

The next movie in the series came out, and you read that the actors are trying not to laugh at an inside joke in the last scene. And when the lead actress pointed in the first scene what did she really mean? Maybe you should talk about something else.

10. Analytic Fangirl

After watching that one scene for the hundredth time, the line repeated two seasons later totally makes sense! Did anyone else catch how the lead said "hey" to his lady friend? They are so in love. Everything makes sense.

13. Unapologetic Fangirl

14. Fangirl Exhaustion

Completely obsessing over a piece of pop culture can be tiresome, and sometimes you just need a break. Unfortunately that's not going to happen, because there are GIFs to be made and fan art to be drawn.

People offline might not understand your devotion.

But the internet understands.

Molly Horan was an editorial intern at Mashable. She's worked as an editorial fellow at Buzzfeed.com and an editorial intern at Dosomething.org and Crushable.com. Her web writing has also been published on Flavorwire.com, Sparknotes.com, and Nerve.co...More

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